Not knowing the plot, all I can do is think of analogies. You yourself said that the Star Trek music helped you with this project so I'll use those as the basics: 1st part very reminiscent of George Duning, and Alexander Courage's Mojave interlude. 2nd part, Duning again with a nod to Total Eclipse Of The Heart! 3rd part, Gerald Fried "Shore Leave". 4th part, Mojave again with a hint of Bernard Herrmann's famous theme from Psycho! 5th part, Mullendore phaser overload + Duning Mad Marvick 6th part, maybe Duning from "The Empath" just before they meet Gem 7th part, the darker moments of Fried's theme for Ruth and Courage's Mojave 8th part, again Mojave and again Total Eclipse 9th part, probably a bit more of Ruth 10th part, instrumentally I guess Mullendore again, lyrically I imagine it might fit into Jesus Christ Superstar! For what that's worth! Interesting too that I'm not sensing any Fred Steiner influence, but then again, his music was a lot more general in the show, Fried was the "alien cultures guy" and Duning the "romance specialist". That didn't stop Courage's music from having a wide range of uses! Overall interesting, and I'm sure even better in context. The danger with any song that is part of a long story to it is that it has the potential to not make sense away from the narrative structure. As far as I can tell, you've done a good job. Looking forward to your video on Spectre Of The Gun. It must be the least reused FULL score of any Star Trek episode, it almost never appeared anywhere else. It'll be the first time I'll have seen one of your videos having recently familiarised myself with the music, as I got volume 4 back in about April. I'm keeping my eyes on the La-La-Land Records website for volume 6 which I'm guessing will be out in 2-3wks (and hoping that it's all the rest of season 2). - Liam.
Hey Liam. Wow my friend! You've got a real gift for this. I sure never "heard" Total Eclipse.. until you mentioned it! Always interesting what a pair of fresh ears will hear. That theme, by the way, was what initiated everything in this project. So I guess I owe a nod to Jim Steinman. Hysterical! Thank you for listening all the way through, and for your thoughtful analyses. The song at the end sums up the narrative, so the continuity ought to be there. It's been a great experience.
@@davidpage9355 Thanks! I guess it's what comes of having a massive CD collection and a very good memory! I get various reactions to my own songs, where I can usually think of five or six completely unrelated influences, and some listeners will think of something else again, sometimes an act that I haven't heard. Sometimes I won't really get the similarity they're drawing because I'm using my keyboard to convey guitar/bass/drums all at once without pre-recording anything (apart from the keyboard's pre-existing drum patterns), and it can only convey so much of what I have in my head for the exact arrangement. As for narrative albums, I found myself thinking after this about who in my collection has done them. Not that many. The Kinks, The Who, Electric Light Orchestra and Styx are the ones I can think of. Jeff Lynne probably did the best job of making the songs work away from the narrative context, Ray Davies the worst - and I'm normally a huge Kinks fan, but even Ray himself has looked back unfavourably on his storytelling albums from 1973-6.
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Not knowing the plot, all I can do is think of analogies. You yourself said that the Star Trek music helped you with this project so I'll use those as the basics:
1st part very reminiscent of George Duning, and Alexander Courage's Mojave interlude.
2nd part, Duning again with a nod to Total Eclipse Of The Heart!
3rd part, Gerald Fried "Shore Leave".
4th part, Mojave again with a hint of Bernard Herrmann's famous theme from Psycho!
5th part, Mullendore phaser overload + Duning Mad Marvick
6th part, maybe Duning from "The Empath" just before they meet Gem
7th part, the darker moments of Fried's theme for Ruth and Courage's Mojave
8th part, again Mojave and again Total Eclipse
9th part, probably a bit more of Ruth
10th part, instrumentally I guess Mullendore again, lyrically I imagine it might fit into Jesus Christ Superstar!
For what that's worth!
Interesting too that I'm not sensing any Fred Steiner influence, but then again, his music was a lot more general in the show, Fried was the "alien cultures guy" and Duning the "romance specialist". That didn't stop Courage's music from having a wide range of uses!
Overall interesting, and I'm sure even better in context. The danger with any song that is part of a long story to it is that it has the potential to not make sense away from the narrative structure. As far as I can tell, you've done a good job.
Looking forward to your video on Spectre Of The Gun. It must be the least reused FULL score of any Star Trek episode, it almost never appeared anywhere else. It'll be the first time I'll have seen one of your videos having recently familiarised myself with the music, as I got volume 4 back in about April. I'm keeping my eyes on the La-La-Land Records website for volume 6 which I'm guessing will be out in 2-3wks (and hoping that it's all the rest of season 2).
- Liam.
Hey Liam. Wow my friend! You've got a real gift for this. I sure never "heard" Total Eclipse.. until you mentioned it! Always interesting what a pair of fresh ears will hear.
That theme, by the way, was what initiated everything in this project. So I guess I owe a nod to Jim Steinman. Hysterical!
Thank you for listening all the way through, and for your thoughtful analyses. The song at the end sums up the narrative, so the continuity ought to be there. It's been a great experience.
@@davidpage9355 Thanks! I guess it's what comes of having a massive CD collection and a very good memory!
I get various reactions to my own songs, where I can usually think of five or six completely unrelated influences, and some listeners will think of something else again, sometimes an act that I haven't heard. Sometimes I won't really get the similarity they're drawing because I'm using my keyboard to convey guitar/bass/drums all at once without pre-recording anything (apart from the keyboard's pre-existing drum patterns), and it can only convey so much of what I have in my head for the exact arrangement.
As for narrative albums, I found myself thinking after this about who in my collection has done them. Not that many. The Kinks, The Who, Electric Light Orchestra and Styx are the ones I can think of. Jeff Lynne probably did the best job of making the songs work away from the narrative context, Ray Davies the worst - and I'm normally a huge Kinks fan, but even Ray himself has looked back unfavourably on his storytelling albums from 1973-6.